GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp both homered as the Reds played to a 5-5 tie against the Cleveland Indians on Monday at Goodyear Ballpark.

Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani allowed one run on four hits in 3 ⅓ innings, striking out two. Kemp hit his third homer, tied for the team lead, in the fifth inning off the deck in right field. The Reds have a 4-10-3 record.

Three observations

1. Michael Lorenzen’s first spring training game in center field finally arrived in the sixth inning Monday. José Ramirez, the first batter with Lorenzen in center, smacked a double off the wall in right-center. During the seventh inning, Lorenzen line drive single to left-center and he unsuccessfully tried to throw out Eric Stamets, who went from first to third on the play.

Lorenzen pitched a scoreless inning, striking out two, before playing center field. He struck out on a 2-2 pitch in his lone at-bat against Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger. "It was a great day," manager David Bell said. "No. 1, he pitched a great inning. It was just good for him to get out there."

2. Puig rocketed a 0-2 pitch from Indians starter Corey Kluber over the wall in left field for his second home run of the spring. Puig drew a walk in his third at-bat, raising his on-base percentage to .423 in 10 spring training games.

3. In the box score, Scooter Gennett’s second-inning at-bat will go down as a two-out, two-run double to left field. It was much wackier than that. Gennett hit a two-out ground ball to third base, which deflected off the bag over the head of Indians third baseman José Ramirez into foul territory in shallow left field. José Iglesias scored from first on the play.

Quote of the day

"I didn't even really get a chance to reflect on the inning (pitched) a little bit. Once I was done playing the field, I went to D.J. (pitching coach Derek Johnson) and I was like, 'All right, we can talk pitching now.'" – Michael Lorenzen after playing his first game in center field.

Up Next

Tuesday – The Reds will have two split-squad night games. Luis Castillo (0-2, 17.36) will start against the Padres at 9:05 p.m. at Goodyear Ballpark (Radio: WLW-700). Tyler Mahle (0-0, 0.00) will start against the Cubs at 10:05 p.m. at Sloan Park in Mesa.